10 Years Ago Steve Hollar, Warsaw dentist, who portrayed Rade Butcher in the movie “Hoosiers,” participated in the launch of a collector’s edition DVD of the basketball classic March 3 at Indiana University. Hollar and his sons, Bennett, 11, and Jonathan, 8, met with I.U. basketball coach Mike Davis and players. Also on hand were Wade Schenck, Brad Long, director David Anspaugh and writer Angelo Pizzo, all from the movie, to sign more than 2,000 copies. “Hoosiers” was taken from the state champion Milan High School Indians when they defeated the Muncie Central Bearcats in 1954. 25 Years Ago Manchester’s Andrew Cornell, quarterback, and Whitko’s Glen Howard, defensive end, were selected to participate on the North All-Star team in the Shrine North-South All-Star football game at Butler University, Indianapolis, July 28. Rochester’s Mark Miller is coach. Cornell’s selection is the school’s first-ever to the game; Howard is the third Wildcat in the last four years to make the team, joining Ty Smith in 1986 and Chris Shepherd in 1987. The Supreme Court of Indiana honored 20 Hoosier attorneys who have practiced law in Indiana for more than 60 years. George Bowser of Warsaw is among them. W.R. Thomas, opened in 1903 along Buffalo Street and one of Warsaw’s oldest continually operating retail outlets, closed the first weekend in March. 50 Years Ago Services were held Feb. 21, in the Free Methodist Church sanctuary at Winona Lake followed by a ground-breaking ceremony on the site of the new wing to be added to the east side of the present building, marking the 30th anniversary of the removal of the Free Methodist Publishing House from Chicago to Winona Lake. In May, 1934, James Heaton, representing Winona Institutions, and Birney L. Gaddis, representing the Publishing House, reached an agreement for the transfer of the building known as the Sawtelle or Mount Memorial. The building was in a bad state of repair, having been neglected for several years. It had once been the administrative offices of a college of agriculture. On this college campus were the Presbyterian building, now Westminster Hotel, and the Otterbein, across the street, now the Free Methodist Church. The School of Theology held summer classes in Mount Memorial. 75 Years Ago The Rev. George C. Pontius, has arranged for a fine entertainment for the Brethren Church when the Motet Singers, 25 in number, appear in concert. The chorus was organized by R.F. Hartzler, Goshen, on June 15, 1938, and has given concerts in 30 northern Indiana churches, placing first at the Chicagoland Musical Festival. Its name, Motet, means sacred music. Mellicent Pontius, daughter of the pastor, and Park Lantz, Syracuse, are part of the group. Eleanor Roosevelt sends you a daily message. She sets down her news and views as if for her own personal record, or in a note to a good friend. And she has much to tell. Her articles, “My Day,” will appear in the morning edition of your Warsaw Union beginning Feb. 19.
